Digest — 2024-12-16:

Household objects up close

When I worked in a library

Week Notes 035

Something to do with Ithaca, NY

kendi ateşini çalmak

5 ways women are redefining leadership

3 philosophy classics that are better than self-help books

The most important lesson from JWST’s “baby Milky Way”

I Have A Few Questions

Chi-Squared From Fundamentals

Kottke Comments, Now With Faves

From an old version of the Wikipedia page for Warren G and...

Isle of Tune: a web-based game where you build streetscapes that play...

“Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country.”...

Billie Eilish’s Tiny Desk Concert

HPV vaccines have been linked to a steep drop in cervical cancer...

Actual things my parents said while watching my son’s swimming lesson. “MOM:...

Speaking of Tiny Desk Concerts, the most popular set of 2024 (18M...

Trailer for The White Lotus Season Three

The when and why of state-based UI

Ideas for benchmarking LLM creativity

Circling as practice for “just be yourself”

Testing which LLM architectures can do hidden serial reasoning

AIs Will Increasingly Attempt Shenanigans

Golang 1.24 is looking seriously awesome

Announcing Decision Drill

20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 2)

Rust November project goals update

Tools for Go modules

Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS

Contributing an mdoc reader to Pandoc

What's new in Ruby 3.4

Everyone gets bidirectional BFS wrong

Go Protobuf: The new Opaque API - The Go Programming Language

Using Guile for Emacs

Running NetBSD on IBM ThinkPad 380Z

Principles of Educational Programming Language Design

The Qualcomm DSP Driver - Unexpectedly Excavating an Exploit

USB Floppy Disk Drive RAID (2003)

Making Unsafe Rust a Little Safer: Tools for Verifying Unsafe Code, Including Libraries in C and C++

Re: Re: Bluesky and Decentralization

What are you doing this week?

Some things that make languages easy (or not) to embed in Unix shell scripts (2022)

Glasgow Haskell Compiler 9.12.1 Release notes

Adélie Linux 1.0-BETA6 Released

Why GCC 1.42 on the Tektronix 4404 — with a C compiler from 1979

Atmosphère is a work-in-progress customized firmware for the Nintendo Switch

Crash recovery in 256 bytes

Kubernetes Spec Explorer

Beautiful Plan of Your Future

Our Most Popular Stories of the Year

Open source inference time compute example from HuggingFace

The Power Mac 4400

Borrow Checking, RC, GC, and Eleven Other Memory Safety Approaches

Crashing rockets and recovering data from damaged flash chips

Saturn's rings could be much older than scientists first thought

Consider the Shipwreck: Ten Books on Maritime Disasters and Ecological Collapse

"The Custer Wolf is Dead." (1921) [pdf]

Apple Watch with Android

The Bering Land Bridge was more like a swamp

Jupyter Notebooks as E2E Tests

Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out of Africa

Scanners Beware: Welcome to the network from hell

Show HN: Atlas of Water Science via generative AI

SeleniumBase: Python APIs for web automation and bypassing bot-detection

Network protocols for anyone who knows a programming language (2017)

OpenAUTH: Universal, standards-based auth provider

Always go to the funeral (2005)

Droste's Lair

Images of gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87

UK's Online Safety Act comes into force

Backward-incompatible GRUB2 change causing BIOS setup bootloop

Converge (YC S23) is hiring founding engineer #2

Our muscles will atrophy as we climb the Kardashev Scale

Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with Faulkner, Hemingway

Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light of LLMs?

Modelica

The higher fertility of TSMC semiconductor workers

Forgotten Collection of Charles de Gaulle's Manuscripts Discovered in a Safe

What did Ada Lovelace's program actually do? (2018)

In Search of a Faster SQLite

Veo 2: Our video generation model

Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)

Xiaomi Home Integration for Home Assistant

US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

Canada's First Pirate Site Blocking Order Expires

Derivatives don't always act like fractions (2021)

Cyphernetes: A Query Language for Kubernetes

OpenERV

Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead

The Year in Math

Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

What do we do with our chance?

[notes] jj tip: ignore gh-pages by default

[notes] To Throw or Not to Throw in TypeScript?

[notes] Fast Forward “Merges” on GitHub

79% Indian firms to increase AI spending in 2025: Freshworks report

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (Dec 16, 2024)

upGrad Achieves 30% YoY revenue growth; EBITDA & PAT loss drops by 50%

ONDC to witness 7x- 8x transactions by Dec 2025 versus Dec 2024: MD Koshy

Zero commission model in mobility can increase driver incomes by 30%: ONDC

Zerodha crosses $1B in revenue in FY24; profit up 89%

Unearthing Dholavira’s buried secrets; Journeying to the best flavours of Asia

Google elevates Preeti Lobana as India country head

The role of cybersecurity in protecting digital infrastructure

SanchiConnect, YourNest Venture Capital to pump Rs 48 Cr in 8 deeptech startups

What India Needs to Know About La Niña's 2025 Arrival?

Exotel rides AI momentum to profitability, projects doubling EBITDA growth in FY25

Of bulls and bears: Bitcoin rally continues amid correction concerns

힘들게 김밥 말지 마세요! 김밥보다 맛있습니다! 스팸 계란 미니 주먹밥!

Why THE WIZARD OF OZ Still Looks Like a Billion Bucks

SpaceX CRS-31 Dragon spacecraft drifts away from space station after undocking

SpaceX fires up flight 7 Starship in preparation for launch

Most Affordable ADAS Car In India | Honda Amaze ADAS Tested

Take a closer look at how adaptive cruise control works in the Honda Amaze! #V3Cars

Kia Syros officially teased ahead of launch on Dec 19, 2024! #V3Cars #Kia #KiaIndia #KiaSyros #Syros

You Don't Need Text Editor - Just Use My ChatBot

Updated your Phone to Stop Hackers!

Unknown Websites Can Hack You!

WP Engine Gets Legal Win

Sambhal में हिंदू-मुस्लिम आग भड़काने का नया प्रयोग: झूठ का पर्दाफ़ाश हो गया | Yogi Adityanath

Modi a Bigger Liar Than Goebbels: Kharge’s Scathing Attack in Rajya Sabha

Priyanka Gandhi Urges Govt to Address Atrocities on Minorities in Bangladesh In & Outside Parliament

Ultra processed foods and the third age of eating - with Chris van Tulleken

The Definition of Stoicism

The Cast Of Sonic 3 Speedrun Their Way Onto The Sofa | Sonic 3 | The Graham Norton Show

Will Russian troops stay in Syria?

Off-side: Georgians reject new president

Dog Who Just Got Adopted Holds Mom's Hand The Whole Way Home | The Dodo

Watch This Kitten Room Get A Holiday Makeover | The Dodo

Neglected Hairless Frenchie Looks Like An Old Man | The Dodo

The Cutest Crate | The Pack

Last-Minute Holiday Card Idea | The Pack

Tiger Chained Up Her Whole Life Takes Her First Free Steps | The Dodo

Neglected Hairless Frenchie Looks Like An Old Man | The Dodo

Dog Who Just Got Adopted Holds Mom's Hand The Whole Way Home | The Dodo

Matted Dog Becomes Unrecognizable After Transformation | The Dodo

Everything That Pissed off Lewis Black in 2024 | The Daily Show

“Gettysburg. Wow.” -Donald Trump and also Jon Stewart’s 7th grade book report #thedailyshow #shorts

Leslie Jones is Team Therapy!

Try This Exercise and Show the People You Love That You Care | Gus Worland @TED

The Real-World Danger of Online Myths | Vidhya Ramalingam | TED

100 History Facts that Will Shock You

Asking my husband Q’s only women know the answers to - PART 2 | #shorts #funny

The Fishing Industry Wants To Catch Fewer Fish

Did Google's Quantum Computer Find Evidence for the Multiverse?

Rick Rubin on Johnny Cash “Hurt” #guitar #johnnycash #nineinchnails #shorts

2024's Biggest Breakthroughs in Math

So what is an Ansatz?

அண்ணன் சட்டைய மறந்துட்டிங்க | Paavangal | Parithabangal #shorts

How Can You Fetch Data Before a User Even Clicks a Button with Developer Advocate, Richard Bray

The Power of the Pride | National Geographic | Mufasa: The Lion King

How Robert Rodriguez remade his own legend

Amidst polluted Yamuna waters, a man has turned adversity into opportunity to make a living.

Rahul Gets EVM Reality Check From Allies | Jist

26/11 Commando says, "Special forces can give you weapons, but courage to use them comes from guts.”

Rousing Reception for Gukesh | Jist

"Indian Media is biased, as mentioned in the Class 6 NCERT books," says Commando Praveen Teotia.

Jonathan Haidt on the Rise of The Anxious Generation (Part 2)

Ustad Zakir Hussain Ji 🙏✨

The Legend Ustad Zakir Hussain Ji 🙏✨

ॐ शांति उस्ताद ज़ाकिर हुसैन जी 🙏

Rootconf Open House - Nov 2024

M&M vs Tata Motors: Who’s Winning the Auto Battle? #shorts

Exploring the Unintended Consequences of Automation in Software • Courtney Nash • GOTO 2024

Lenses for the Masses – Introducing Goggles • Ken Scambler • YOW! 2017

How we are using 5G technology and satellites to connect everyone, everywhere, at all times! 📡

SERVICE CHARGE 2200/- ACTUAL CHARGE 50/-

Why Did the Newt Cross the Road? | #DeepLook #Shorts

Ustad Zakir Hussain | Music of India

Aravind SA reacts to your comments! Watch the full episode now! 🔥❤️ #TigerFireShow

Software Engineering-Lead vs. Business-Lead Organizations | WHICH PRODUCES THE BEST SOFTWARE?

How Big Was a Dinosaur's Brain?

Judit Polgar's CLOSE CALL in the Sicilian Taimanov

Gukesh goes BUNGEE JUMPING 😍😍 #gukesh #chess #chessworldchampionship

Gukesh meets Sagar & Amruta after becoming World Champion 😭♥️ #gukesh #chess

The inside story of Gukesh becoming the 18th World Champion | Interview

"My opponent could feel my strength" | The Ding Liren interview

Crazy Scenes In Chennai As The World Champion Gukesh Comes Home

The Grand Welcome Of Guki

Gukesh’s Grand Welcome in Chennai 🔥 #gukesh #chess

Showdown for the Crown | Arjun Erigaisi vs Andrey Esipenko | Qatar Masters 2024

Chess.com Reacts To The WILDEST Emails 😲

THOUSANDS of People WELCOME NEW WORLD CHAMPION Gukesh at the AIRPORT

CCT Finals x LofiGirl!

Rare Footage of Magnus Blundering A Piece!

Ding STILL HOPES For TIE-BREAK 24 Hours After World Chess Championship

Fix For Muscular Skeletal Chest Pain #bobandbrad #physicaltherapy #chestpain #musclepainrelief

Philosophy is better than self-help

Fred Dibnah's Engineering Greatness: Britain's Industrial Legacy

Front Stage And Back (2024 Documentary) Almost Famous, Barely Seen!

One resident said he saw “an entire neighborhood disappear”. #Mayotte #BBCNews

Several hundred feared dead in Mayotte cyclone | BBC News

Tornado in California injures at least four after striking a parking lot. #US #Tornado #BBCNews

Alleged Chinese spy with UK royal links identified as Yang Tengbo | BBC News

The French island of Mayotte has been hit by its worst cyclone in 90 years. #BBCNews

Calls for Archbishop of York to resign over Church failings in sex abuse case | BBC News

Twelve dead from carbon monoxide poisoning at ski resort in Georgia. #Ski #Georgia #BBCNews

Wisconsin shooting: Three dead and multiple injured in US school shooting, police say | BBC News

Legendary Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain dies at 73 | BBC News

What will Donald Trump’s key policy priorities be as president? | BBC News

The Chinese "spy" is named | BBC Newscast

Syria frontline patrol: the rebel gunmen who now police the streets | BBC News

Cyclone Chido hits Mayotte with hundreds feared dead | BBC News

New Yorkers plough through 3ft of snow. #NewYork #BBCNews

German government to face confidence vote | BBC News

Just nature being silly x #BBCEarthAsia #Shorts

Baby Corgis Learn to Play-Fight | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth

TALKING SMACK with boyfriend

HAPPY BOYFRIEND workouts

Art of Attack by Magnus Carlsen

초간단 양배추 스프, Cabbage Soup

என்னடா மாமா வேலை பாக்க விட்டுடீங்க 😂😂 #comedy #vikkals

'India’s gender equality reforms are incomplete, Atul Subhash suicide exposes the divide'

Three idols recovered from the well near Shiv-Hanuman Temple in Sambhal, UP

Honda’s third-generation Amaze brings ADAS for the masses, & an interview with Takuya Tsumura

Priyanka Gandhhi Vadra raises ‘atrocities towards minorities in Bangladesh' in Lok Sabha

LIVE: PM Modi and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Sri Lanka attend the joint press meet

'India has a national security strategy, in a way'- Jaishankar's response to ThePrint's Swasti Rao

'Congress party brazenly kept amending the Constitution to help family & dynasty,'Nirmala Sitharaman

LIVE: Lok Sabha, parliament winter session 2024

LIVE: Constitution Debate in Rajya Sabha | Winter session of Parliament

'209 innocent Hindus killed in Sambhal since independence': CM Yogi's full speech in UP Assembly

'PM Modi must apologise for misleading people by ‘twisting’ Nehru’s letter to states’: Kharge

'1.25 crore sisters of Delhi will set everything right,' Kejriwal challenges Amit Shah to run Delhi

'Police did not misbehave with me, I was sick for the last 1.5 months,' says Educator Khan Sir

LIVE: Constitution Debate in Rajya Sabha | Winter session of Parliament

LIVE: Lok Sabha, parliament winter session 2024

Submissive interview-Bea

Majoritarianism and its impact on judicial neutrality | Let Me Explain with Pooja Prasanna

Why Defense Lawyers Must Never Miss a Prosecution Testimony.

S8 E28: Homelessness & Build Back Better: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E10: Vaccine Misinformation & Government Twitter Accounts: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E17: Health Care Sharing Ministries & ItalyGate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E1: The Next Pandemic, Impeachment Trial & State Republicans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E21: Ransomware & School Mask Mandates: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E2: Meatpacking & Texas Blackout: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E3: Raids & Cuomo Covid Deaths: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E9: Bankruptcy, Daunte Wright & Darius the Bunny: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E8: Long-Term Care, Matt Gaetz & Refugees: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E24: Voting Rights, Duck Stamps & Haiti: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E29: The Power Grid, Ed Durr & COP-26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E30: Union Busting, January 6th & AOC: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E26: Misinformation, OAN & Idaho: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E25: PFAS & Congress: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

S8 E4: Unemployment, Covid Restrictions & Dr. Seuss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Why do you pursue pleasure? | Krishnamurti

How Khan Academy elevates potential (your stories)

Carol of the Bells

Main Title "Somewhere in My Memory" (From "Home Alone")

Syria - Crimes of the Assad regime - The massacre of Baba Amr, Homs | DW Documentary

#Reusing wastewater in a #water stressed #world | Waste To Worth | #shorts

The potential for #reuse of #waste #water in #india | Rajeev Kumar Mital | NMCG

What is India's potential of Reusing Treated Wastewater | Water Stressed | Waste To Worth

How #Chennai is managing its #water problem?

Most interesting Mystery Thriller Movie Scene - Pennai Kan Theduthey | Anand Babu | Renuka | CMM

Nandi Aalayam | Official Promo #Buildofy #Architecture #HomeTour #shorts #promo